Inside The Gambling Ring of NBA Referee Tim Donaghy
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2018
- VICE "Red Cards" revisits the 2007 NBA betting scandal. We follow the character of Jimmy "the sheep" Battista, the mastermind behind the scandal and the one who sparked NBA referee Tim Donaghy betting on his own games.
For the first time, Battista opens up about his side of the story, letting us in on the seduction of sports gambling and the regrets he now carries with him. Journalists, former NBA All-Star Kenyon Martin, and an ex-FBI detective all weigh in, as we try to unpack just how a scandal of this magnitude could have occurred.
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The older you get, you realize that corruption is everywhere.
And in everything, humans sucks.
@@kevinwilson3337 they really do humanity is a really bad trip
It all goes back to when you found out that Santa/The Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy weren’t real and it started you down the road to jaded cynicism. Thousands of years from now our descendants are going to be watching documentaries about how blitzball is rigged.
Tim Donaghy was the fall guy. You think he was doing this alone.
Times sure do change though when you see them up here and to the public
Tim donaughy never said it was just him infact he says him and other Referees damn near everytime
They definitely through him under the bus
He probably got a few more millions in an offshore bank for doing so. Doing 15 months in a country club aint shit. Probably gets a woman and his wife sent to him once each a week. Shit. Some of those country clubs you can leave and walk through town, shop, eat do what ever you want you just have to be home at a certain curfew. Rediculous.
I ain’t gonna call the guy on the court the fall guy tho. He’s the main show lowki
kenyon martin added absolutely nothing to this video
Dead
He trying so hard to get on TV. You see him all over FS1 and ESPN. LOL.
He told us he had a great career. Is that not adding something?
@@fredfrond6148 too bad he didnt lol
Just for a different perspective from the player side
I read Tim Donaghy's book in which he mentions the NBA plays favorites. Jordan and Kobe Bryant for example were going to get the calls. Not good for entertainment value to have either player sitting on the bench for too long. Then there are the playoffs and which teams are better suited for ratings. NBA officials were never told specifically but it was understood who TV preferred to see in the Finals.
Early in Donaghy's career the NBA decided there was too much traveling during the games. Officials were told to make more calls. So, Donaghy made a traveling call during a Chicago game against MJ after he spun towards the basket and scored. When Phil Jackson screamed, Donaghy explained the league was clamping down on traveling. Jackson, yelled back, "Yes, but not on HIM!" meaning Jordan.
Nobody who watches NBA regularly needed him to tell us that certain players are treated differently lol
We ain’t gotta read the book to know that big dog
Wow super stars gets more calls than regular nba players who knew?
So much of this story is missing from this video. Namely the numerous phone calls that Donoghy made to CURRENT NBA referee Scott Foster during his betting streak. Also the fact that Donoghy won the majority of his bets on games that he did not officiate. He attributed this to knowing the relationship between the refs and players being reffed as well as internal memos that the NBA sent to officials with 'areas of focus'. Donoghy may have been the scapegoat but theres way more to this story than the public may ever know
Michael Longstreet.... that's exactly the problem with this documentary. Yes, he broke the rule, could not bet... but he actually won the majority of the bets where he did not officiate. good for him. one way or another, way to many insiders profiting from this. then you have someone like donoghy taking the hit for the team.. probably also arranged between themselves.
@@Shurikmuff what rule did he brake?
Kilo Dee
Cant bet money on sport events they involved with. I am sure its common... some get away with it... he didnt
El-ahrairah as clear as the sky nba is rigged since the 70s
EXACTLY
Steve carrell can play the ref when the movie comes out.
Steve CarrelI was great in Titanic... But I feel like Forrest Gump was the film that really propelled him into stardom!
Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri what?
@@cannabis8caution lol
Facts
@@cannabis8caution 🤣
9 NBA referees were arrested for tax evasion in the 90's. Unclaimed income. Rigged AF.
and that's how Chicago won those titles smh
@@mannyderosa8512 reach a little higher.
@@mannyderosa8512 you've got alot of reach here
@@mannyderosa8512 I mean Michael Jordan also helps too 😂
@@erendyalatorre7785 I’m late but the Chicago series most likely was rigged
There is definitely more to this story.
Cam Wimble like what? Please elaborate and don’t speculate
@@candleankle1805 like steve javie and joey crawford fixing games as well.........and now javie is the head of the nba referee association
@@candleankle1805 read tims book, "Personal Foul". He was the scapegoat. Also, check out the documentary "Dirty Game", talks about all the corruption in sport's except the NFL and MLB. Seems fishy the two were left out to me.
Sports gambling is a billion dollar industry. Sports is listed as entertainment. Tim took the fall for getting too greedy. That it is all.
Undrwtr Bsktwvn No read Gaming the Game, It’s from the Animals POV
2002 Western Conference Finals is all I have to say.
George Brobbey what games were discovered he rigged? Early 2000’s seemed rigged against the Mavericks and Kings.
@@italiancapo7 He's definitely admitted that 2002 WCF was rigged. He also mentioned in a 60 minutes interview that they did tactics to send a message to certain players. One person that they made sure to set an example was Allen Iverson. He was critical of the refs and Donaghy mentioned it was a well known agreement among other refs for Iverson to not give him calls to send him a message.
Watch this for the Iverson situation: ruclips.net/video/d_0qDl3AzI0/видео.html
@@italiancapo7 its easier to rig it against small market teams because the nba will turn a blind eye because they will also be cashing in
George Brobbey Michael Jordan’s 6 Rings
Yea everyone knows
I'm a lifelong Piston's fan and I can still remember watching the Kings get literally robbed and jobbed against the Lakers on live television by this BS. I lost all respect for the NBA at that point, because if I could tell as an unbiased viewer that this was completely corrupt, how on earth could the NBA brass miss it?
The league pushed for the Lakers to win.
I still cry 🤣🤣 c webb was my guy since his college days
The Kings bench for laughing at one point because they knew the calls were bullshit.
In the NBA, if they love you, you get away with almost anything on the court. Heck, even traveling doesn't called much this day. You would think something minor like that would be upheld as it is a fundamental skill in basketball but it's not.
This all goes back to the Knicks winning the 1985 1st round draft pick which they used on Patrick Ewing because David Stern *"froze"* the envelope to ensure that Sacramento did not get that pick instead.
The Kings did themselves no favors by blowing game 4 and game 7 but Donoghy was under orders to make sure that the Kings did not advance to the 2002 NBA Final.
The NBA will never really recover from this scandal. And the reason isn't because of the scandal itself. The reason is the cover up the NBA has been involved with since at least 2002 with regards to fixed games and refs. The fact that Scott Foster is STILL officiating in the NBA tells me all I need to know.
It was happening in the 90’s Jordan era too. They screwed the Knicks every year.
2023 and still same and worst now that FanDuel and DraftKings betting apps are legal everywhere
"His brother was a good athlete, he was alright, arrogant" yup sounds like a future ref to me
The NBA is still rigged.
Between 1980 and 2005, only 7 NBA teams won the NBA Championship (LA, Boston, Philly, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, San Antonio).
Between 1980 and 2019, only 11 teams have won it all (the previous 7, and: Miami, Dallas, Cleveland, Golden State).
corn dog ok boomer
Boomer is trending, we are all sons of boomers dont you all know that
I wanna say all sports are to much money to make
yeah, its crazy people still think it isn't. All the big sporting games and competitions are rigged. There is just too much easy money to be made. All the grand final champions are picked prior to the game.
At the ends in he’s in tears and says “I devised a scandal that brought mayhem into my life and my family’s life.” Sounds like he’s just sorry he was caught and not that what he did was wrong. No mention of the people he screwed out of their hard earned money.
You're crazy if you don't think this is still going on
With the NFL too
I have many friends who don’t believe it’s rigged.
Every major sport. Soccer/Football is notorious for fixed outcomes and nothing gets done about it
This makes it seem like Tim was only betting on games he officiated and had direct influence over. In actuality, Tim was betting on ALL the NBA games and had a 75% success rate. How? He knew relationships between officials, players and coaches and how those friendships and feuds influenced the calls and how that in turn, influenced to a great degree the outcomes of games. The bigger problem is how much the league and the officials steer game outcomes to their liking and that hasn't changed. Tim Donaghy took advantage of the NBAs overt bias but nothing was done to eliminate the bias itself. This story pins everything on Tim but the problem is much larger than that. Read Tim's book and judge for yourself.
Donaghy was shady, but he also gave info on how Stern would shape games via video instructions, as well as existing biases of refs. He passed info about games being ref'd by other people, not just his own games. Everyone knows Jordan was protected and Iverson was hated, but there was much more. Stern controlled the PR masterfully and put it all on Donaghy and deflected any suspicion of his office. Stars were elevated and game 7s pulled out of this air.
Sad to see what greed can do to people.
True
@LO5T1057 lol... just the Europeans and Asians
@@holycrapdude123 lol and the african warlords, mexican cartels, middle eastern oil barons, Indian fraudsters etc greed doesnt discriminate when it comes to ethnicity.
Throwing a basketball game for hundreds of thousands? Who the fuck wouldn't?
Weston 1878 America is a cooperation welcome to reality
NBA is still rigged to this day. Dont get it twisted! Silver trying his hardest to have betting kiosks in all arenas across the U.S. Tim was nothing more than a scapegoat. He was rated a top official... what does that tell you?
Andrew Lee those are not real jews(choosen people of the Bible). They’re imposters (revelations 3:9)
Same Thing With Football & Baseball Bruh...
Yessirrr
Don’t need to rig it if the warriors just blow every team out the water.
The guy in the video only cared about himself getting caught. He doesn't care about all the players, gamblers, fans who bought tickets and spent time watching sports.... only for jackass refs and gambling trash to tilt it in their personal favor for money. Lots of people running sports and reffing sports still doing this stuff. They are doubling up on their profit at the expense of all the people who support them and spend time/money on it.
The NBA doesn't want all of the information that Donaghy disclosed to get out . Imagine how many other referees are doing this
Is it me or is this camera quality crisp AF
Kani X well it is 2018
Kani X that’s 1080p for ya
@Long Schnozzed Tribesman worth a couple billy these days.
@@NCKane vice? Billions?
@@jailtimejake2151 "Vice had become the tenth-highest-valued private company in America, according to CB Insights, at a valuation of $5.7 billion, and as recently as 2016"
I don't feel sorry for Mr. Battista. He targeted the Phoenix Suns because they were highly favored to win at that time because of their high powered scoring. He robbed the players and coaches and fans of the Suns and other teams of legitimate victories and tarnished the NBA.
Still pisses me off to this day when I think about how they screwed the suns.
Screwed the Kings, Blazers and Mavs as well.
@@xMAKAVELI602x that 2006 heat vs mavericks finals as the worst, I think they assisted the mavs on their championship as a makeup call
Was that the year the spurs beat them?
Black Viking the nba made Lebron score 8 points and get shut down by JJ Barea and Shawn Marion? Fucking clown
This should be made into a movie like legit!!
There's a kinda similar one with Kevin spacey and another actor who played the protagonist a student trying to get a scholarship
They count on blackjack in Vegas
Don't remember the title
@@tpsam it's called 21
Gavin loge they did. It’s called Two for the Money
lyke omg you are soooo right. i cant evennn
@@Mr.Buttermaker that movie cane out 3 years before they were caught so it's definitely not about their story
No mention of his ultimate betting crime: 2002 Kings vs Lakers Western Conference Finals. Kings fans had to watch in agony as Bibby got whistled for so much as looking too hard at Kobe. And no mention? This is more like On the Outskirts of the Gambling Ring.
still can't get over that game
Ik my granddad wasn’t yelling at the tv for no reason 😂
Can you imagine the power that Tim felt while refereeing games he was fixing!
All nba refs
@@bpswank429 🎯
Holy shit I love Vice sometimes. This was riveting.
Sometimes
Sometimes....
@@yunglime2733 Sometimes.....said Jordan Peterson
When it's not about weed!
@4browsing Aww poor baby better go to your safe space.
Thanks for almost ending the whole kings organization
They did bud that's why the king's been sucking stinger's up
@@allgasnobreaks3937
yes
Yup they deserve to be in the finals 2002 they could've won game 6 if it want for those bad calls
Makes u wonder about every sport especially the NFL
💵
For some reason the Falcons vs Patriots comes to my mind when i think of a rigged game.
@@ShawnFX 😁 tell me about it and that's my team (Falcons) but I hate to make excuses. That one was VERY questionable though
as as there is judge and ref in the sports it will be corrupt..........
Pro wrestling is more legit than the NFL
I will never get over Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals in 2002
15 months? How do I get into this lol.
right?
lol no kidding
@@ironmen23 bruhh 15 months for all that OMG white privilege at it's finest they made so money who cares if they get locked up for a slap on the wrist
15 months is not a problem. That's chum change for some people lmao
BeingWokeTV chump change. If they leave you alone inside 1 and a half yrs. is easy.
It would have been nice to know what games were effected, the NBA did a good job of hardly even acknowledge this whole scandal
A fascinating and meaningful report. Thank you to all who appeared in this video, and thank you especially to all those at Vice Sports and beyond who worked hard to produce it.
We hate this guy in Phoenix for screwing us against the Spurs
Facts!
Go Spurs Go!!!
I can't find tape or RUclips video..but I saw Spurs/Blazers playoffs .(90??)
In a tight game with about a minute to go BLAZERS make bucket, ref grabs ball and looks back at scores table and *shoves* ball in David Robinsons chest..to inbound..Robinson looking confused as he never inbounds the ball let's the ball fall to the ground..ref instantly call a *tech* on him.
Spurs lose.
The local broadcasters -" what was that?!"
I as were others confused by that whole scenario🤔🤔not anymore.
The NBA wanted to see a Blazers /Pistons finals
*THE FIX WAS IN*
Spurs, Suns, Kings screwed...Lakers never get hurt...
Spurs have been had way more
@@supremeleader9440 success??
Yes. But let's be real that must be from legit talent and coaching..the NBA doesn't care for small boring markets.
This the type of content I came to see Vice. Good shit
Definitely the fix was in for the Suns-Spurs playoff. I would call it the worst officiated series I've ever seen, but it appears the referees knew exactly what they were doing. Like an archery competition where the archer misses so badly they kill someone in the crowd, but kill exactly who they meant to in the crowd.
The sad thing is this sort of thing is common..Not only in the NBA but pretty much all sports where betting happens.
There’s no doubt still shady shit like this still happening in sports today
@Lighthouse in the Storm the refs in the NBA definitely still control the game based off gambling
one of the best vice mini-docs I've seen...
The movie Casino talked about this
Makes you wonder if it's still happening. Refs have such power over the outcomes of games.
Only 15 months?! Did he have to pay any fines as well, how much money did he make altogether during this scandal? 15 months is just a slap on the wrist
Scott Foster is still part of the group and still working in the NBA.
Yea He Fucked The Suns Out Of A Championship 💯
Kings would have had the chip
Jared Reed fuck the kings
u dont know that.
Jared Reed hell yeah. Would’ve slaughtered the nets with that stacked line up
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂
@@chad_garrison1991 Sad, but true! Our Kings should/would have been the champs!
That Kings squad was so damn good man. CDub, Divac, Peja, Hedo, Bibby, Bobby Jackson and Doug Christie off the bench... one of my favorite teams of all time
Doug started
The Kids Nice Doug Christie shaved his armpits
J-Will?
The fact they only got 15 months is crazy asf
This needed to be much longer.
Why is Santorum officiating
Bruuuuuuuh
Whaat?! No mention of Rasheed Wallace waiting for the dude after a game? That's the best part!! Jan 15 2003
And the head behind this whole shit is David Stern.
You fucking absolutely right
I fucking hate David Stern.
What cameras did you shoot this with? Just curious because I am looking for a good doc type camera right now. Well done
Pat Dorsman probably just a good lens
@@nononono12345 it's both
Robbed the Kings , Blazers , Suns of playoff wins over the Lakers smh disgrace !!!
Talking over that damn phone...it never fails with fedz...
Love the strong inference the thumbnail gives us by capturing the dirtiest NBA referee with the greatest basketball player who ever lived and also happens to have a gambling background of legendary proportions. Wonder where this is going??🤔🙄
I really wanna see a longer version of this...
They should make this a full length documentary
Dude! If you hadn’t lawyered up...you would of gotten 25 years!
The dude was just incredibly well informed lol really alot of what he did while extreme wasnt all that bad. It's just a small amount that was real bad. But let's be real here... if there wasnt money involved he would've never gotten in trouble.. they only care about the money hes making/they're loosing
Makes me think this is still going since the amount of ridiculous calls are being made during game
kudos vice - this is soo good!
2007 Suns lost a well deserved title in the Finals against the Spurs because of this. Suns were the best team and this scandal robbed a city of a long awaited trophy. Spurs should have an asterisk for that one.
That ref that ejected Tim Duncan for smiling on the bench is also corrupt...FACTS!!!
Joey Crawford
I remember that game live. Wasn't it Easter or some shit? It was on abc. I said it when it happened. I said yo. That ref is cheating. Word
Guys who get caught with marijuana on them get more years than this, bs.
A well known gambler said in the 90s I had 3 nba refs not named Tim D. all on my payroll full time
No way that one ref can do all that. Especially when being graded as a good ref. He was just the scapegoat.
The refs still cheating the Kings. I still don’t know how u get elbowed in the face and the fouls on you...Buddy Hield and Mike Bibby. Or when Fox was elbowed and kneed in the nuts but the fouls on him. So many ticky tack fouls against us.
The real victims are the people who lost money and the teams that “lost” who should have won.
Lol so we’re gonna act like Stern wasn’t in on it?
I loved using the Kings on EA sports basketball. C Webb, J Will etc!
I used the Mavs. Nash, Finley, Dirk, Juan Howard ECT. Kings were my second squad then the 76rs. Iverson,snow, mutombo ECT. That game was dope asfuuuu
Best “what da...” moment from this video....Kenyon martin
Mom- you want to go out to eat?
Son- bet!
Him- wtf did you just say 😖
Kings were robbed.
Nothing’s changed ..
thats a scary thought
The thumbnail thoo
The two gamblers how nice
Damn that last parts heavy. Truly seems like he's learned a lot from what he's done. Bravo sir for not letting the system take you down.
So easy to judge from the outside and to tell yourself that your a good an honest good person and would never do anything like this. The truth is we never know till we're in that position
How do they not even mention the 2002 Western Conference Finals?!?!?! Kings were robbed!!!!!
Nicholas Alexander Posey probably because everyone knows that one already.
@@melojordans23 That's like making a video about insider trading and not mentioning Enron, or about Ponzi schemes and not mentioning Madoff. Sure those are the most famous examples, but they're also the best examples, and absolutely should be touched on!
It was 17 years ago
Get over it buddy
Nicholas Alexander Posey it wasn’t rigged for the lakers, it was rigged to go to GAME 7. Don’t be an idiot. Kings choked and lost in game 7
Love it brother , Great story !
I live 10 minuets from Cardinal O’Hara,, I go to Springfield High School this is cool asf to realize😂
Costed the Sacramento Kings a lot
There was just one referee involved? Cool story... 😑
@Alaric Its not illegal to fix games...
*HARD* *PLACE* lol savage
Listen to that delco accent that’s amazing
Video too short. Fascinating!
Franzese said he had 3 NBA refs on his payroll at one point & none of them was Donaghy. This was going on for a long time, inevitably still is in some sports to some level. Wonder how many championships have been altered by faulty refereeing.
I wish I knew how to finesse like that .
Being a scumbag isn't a career bro
David H no there is bro. Politicians and police for example. It takes a schmuck
David H you not gonna be thinking your a scumbag when you making bank 😂😂
Crazy thing is state governments are legalizing the very thing he’s in jail for.
2002 Western Conference Finals Game 6 Lakers vs Kings - 27 free throws in the 4th qtr by the Lakers alone...........
The Kings got TOTALLY F%CKED by these guys
The NBA is like the WWE, they “know” who’s going to win.
Agreed. It's "entertainment" only Olympics is not set winners i believe
I cant wait to see how they fix the playoffs and finals this year. How do you think it's gonna go down?
Ferrari_Guy they will definitely be a wcf of lakers warriors biggest markets rn will make the most money etc
@@dylanpolo2163 I see them making the Warriors lose because Lebron always makes the finals and ratings will tank supposedly if Lebron isn't in the finals. I
t will be interesting to watch for sure.
IBlewUponYourFace All sports are, they’re all scripted.
Makes me wanna watch the whole Kings vs Lakers WCF again.
Where can I watch the full documentary?
The NBA: Where Rigging Happens
Great vid... i was really young when this scandal happened i just remember there being a cheating ref
Here after watching Lakers Vs Celtics. This has still got to be going on.
You can get several years for a nonviolent drug offense but you get 15 months for this kind of pervasive financial crime.
Mavs & Heat 2006 finals RIGGED!
FnkytwnTim Johnson Mark Cuban said it
IBlewUponYourFace yep cubes called it
hes the fall guy it goes way beyond him
Very well filmed
4:40
Kenyon Martin
Number one overall pick by the New Jersey Nets in 2000
2004 All Star ⭐️
2000/2001 All Rookie
15 months prison time inside a hotel style prison for the rich. I like those odds lol